Reimagining School Climate: Creating the Conditions for Safety, Support, Value, and Fulfillment (A practical guide for a thriving school climate) - Softcover

Mario I. Acosta; Tina H. Boogren

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798893741179

Publisher: Solution Tree Press, 2026

Synopsis

Every school has a rhythm you can feel, and when the climate struggles, it affects everyone. Authors Mario I. Acosta and Tina H. Boogren have the solution. Focusing on safety, support, value, and fulfillment, this guide helps educators build and sustain a healthy school climate. Through real-world examples, proven strategies, and practical tools, it supports educator wellness, improves organizational health, and creates emotionally safe school environments.

K–12 teachers and administrators can use this book to:

• Cultivate an educational environment that prioritizes emotional safety and well-being
• Employ effective strategies in daily routines to foster support, value, and fulfillment
• Connect learning to students’ lives, promoting deeper engagement and success
• Build a culture of professional support, enhancing job satisfaction and educator retention
• Enhance students’ learning through lasting, meaningful changes in school climate

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding the Four Core Feelings
Chapter 2: Feeling Safe
Chapter 3: Feeling Supported
Chapter 4: Feeling Valued
Chapter 5: Feeling Fulfilled
Epilogue: The Climate We Choose
Appendix
References and Resources
Index

About this title

About the Author

Mario I. Acosta, EdD, is an award-winning educator, accomplished author, and highly regarded speaker and consultant. He spent twenty years of his educational career as a teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, academic director, and principal leading schools with diverse profiles in the state of Texas. He was named the 2022 Texas Principal of the Year while principal of Westwood High School, a U.S. News & World Report Top 50 campus and member of the High Reliability Schools network.
Acosta has had success in leading schools of all sizes with students and teachers from a variety of backgrounds, communities, and socioeconomic statuses. He has led school turnarounds in high-poverty schools throughout Texas at both the middle and high school levels, which yielded immediate and significant growth in student achievement. Further, under his leadership, Westwood High School was recognized as a top 1 percent campus in the United States for academic achievement and college and career readiness.
Acosta joined the Marzano Resources and Solution Tree teams in 2022 and works as an author and national presenter. He specializes in campus-level implementation of effective campus culture, High Reliability Schools (HRSs), professional learning communities (PLCs), instructional improvement, response to intervention (RTI), effective teaching strategies for English learners, and standards-referenced reporting. As an HRS certifier, Acosta works with K–12 schools and districts across the United States as they progress through the levels of certification. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the educational leadership master’s program at the University of Texas at Austin.
To learn more about Mario I. Acosta’s work, follow him @marioacosta31 on X and @mario.acosta.902266 on Instagram.

Tina H. Boogren, PhD, is a fierce advocate for educators and an award-winning educator, best-selling author, and highly sought-after speaker. Dr. Boogren has proudly served as a classroom teacher, mentor, instructional coach, and building-level leader and presented to audiences all over the world.
Dr. Boogren is deeply committed to supporting educators so they can support their students. She conducts highly requested and inspiring keynotes, workshops, and virtual webinars that focus on quality instruction, coaching, mentoring, and educator wellness, and she hosts a weekly podcast, Self-Care for Educators With Dr. Tina H. Boogren. Additionally, she is codirector of Solution Tree’s Wellness Solutions for Educators™ with Dr. Timothy D. Kanold.
She is the author of numerous books, including In the First Few Years: Reflections of a Beginning Teacher; Supporting Beginning Teachers; The Beginning Teacher’s Field Guide: Embarking on Your First Years; 180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators; Take Time for You: Self-Care Action Plans for Educators, which was an Independent Publisher Book Awards’ gold winner in the Education category; and Coaching for Educator Wellness: A Guide to Supporting New and Experienced Teachers. She is coauthor of Educator Wellness: A Guide for Sustaining Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Social Well-Being with Timothy D. Kanold; The Educator Wellness Plan Book and Journal with Timothy D. Kanold and Jasmine K. Kullar; and Motivating and Inspiring Students: Strategies to Awaken the Learner with Robert J. Marzano, Darrell Scott, and Ming Lee Newcomb. She is a contributor to Women Who Lead: Insights, Inspiration, and Guidance to Grow as an Educator, edited by Janel Keating and Jasmine K. Kullar.
To learn more about Dr. Boogren’s work, follow her @THBoogren on X and Instagram, join her Facebook group (facebook.com/selfcareforeducators), and listen to her podcast, Self-Care for Educators, With Dr. Tina H. Boogren (tinaboogren.com).

Edition details

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798893741179
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 192